Apparatus for applying holding-cleats to barrels.



No. 700,922. Patented 'May'27, I902.

F. E. HEINIG. APPARATUS FOR APPLYING HOLDING CLEATS T0 BARBELS.

(Applicktion ma Aug. 23, 1901.)

(No Model.)

NfTFD STATES ATENT FFICE.

FREDERICK EDIVARD I'IEINIG, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF TYVO-THIRDS TO CURRAN POPE AND ALFRED THRUSTON POPE, OF

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

APPARATUS FOR APPLYING HOLDiNG-CLEATS TO BARRELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 700,922, dated May .27, 1902. Application filed August 23, 1901. Serial No. 73,069. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK EDWARD HEINIG, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clamps for Applying Holding-Cleats or Fasteners, of which the following is'a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to clamps or handtools for applying cleats or holdfasts to wooden packages.

The cleat or holdfast of my invention consists of an angular piece of sheet metal with :5 teeth, points, or prongs projecting from the back thereof. As a more certain means of applying such cleats than a hammer or similar tool I construct a clamp operated by a lever, by which the teeth or prongs of the holdfast may be forced into the wood Without noise and with certainty, and the clamp consists of certain constructions and combinations of parts, substantially as claimed hereinafter.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the tool or clamp as applied to a barrel chime and cleat, the lever of the clamp illustrated as partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the cleat forced into holding position. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the head of the clamp. Fig. 4t isaface view of the clamp. Fig. 5 is a bottom view of the sliding frame.

The main frame of the clamp consists of two side bars 1 1, which are connected together at one end by bracket 2 and at the 5 other end by brace 3. These side bars 1 l are preferably beveled on both their upper and lower inner faces, as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 4, and shown in Fig. 3.

This frame has side bars 5 5, which arepreferably integral with cross-bars 6 and 7. The bars 5 are beveled, so as to fit within the bars 1 of the main frame, forming a tongue-andgroove connection between the two frames.

The cross-bar 6 is extended down to form a jaw by which the cleat is pressed. This jaw portion of the bar 6 is faced with a reinforce 8, held to the bar by screw 9. The reinforce 8 can be curved so as to force the cleat to assume the curve of a barrel or cask and is re- A recta'n gular frame slides within the two bars 1 1.

movable and replaceable by other pieces to secure such curve or form as may be needful by the application of a proper reinforce. On top of bar 6 there is a plate 10 to prevent the rising of the cleat. This plate overhangs bar 6 and is preferably held thereto by a screw 11.

I The brace 3 preferably has legs 13 13, which rest on the barrel or box headwhen the clamp is in use. A handle 15, preferably secured to the main frame, affords a hand-grasp for the operator, who holds this handle with one hand-say in position of Fig. 1while operating the tool with the other hand.

The frame 4 being held and guided between guide-bars 1 l of the main frame can be moved in said main frame by rocking the segmental pinion 20 on its pivot 21. The teeth of pinion 20 engage pins or teeth 22, projecting from the angle-piece 17 of bar 7. The pivot 21 has supports on the wings 19 of the bracket 2. The segmental pinion 20 is preferably integral with hand-lever 25. By placing the legs 13 on a barrel or box head near the chime of a barrel or corresponding side of a box and with a cleat 30 against the framebar 6 or the reinforce 8 thereof the bracket 2 may be left to extend down outside the box or barrel. A cleat resting against the follower 8 may be pressed into the barrel-chime by bearing down the outer end of lever 25, when bracket 2 rests against the outer surface of the barrel.

For security of holding, thebracket 2 is pref= erably curved on its face toward the barrel and has points 27, which slightly penetrate the side of the barrel. This holds the clamp in firm position while the slide-frame is being actuated toinsert the points of the cleat into the'chime of the barrel. The turning of lever 25 about its pivot 21 causes the pinion 20 0 to draw on the rack-teeth 22, and thus the sliding frame is actuated within the main frame and the cleat is forced toward the bracket 2. As the chime of barrel or edge of a box intervene when the device is properly op erated the cleat interposed between the fixed and movable parts will be driven into the chime. If the cleat has an upwardly-projecting tooth or prong, as is sometimes the case, the same will be turned down by the plate 10 I00 and bya slight rocking of the tool can be turned over, so as to be entered into the outside of the barrel stave or hoop near the chime.

The open frame permits observation of the barrel or box and also permits the entrance of a tool to clutch some forms of fasteners which may be affixed by this clamp.

What I claim is 1. A clamp for the purpose described consisting of the main frame having side bars and the sliding frame within said bars guided by tongue and groove connection thereto, a presser-bar and reinforce on the sliding frame, the reinforce replaceable and serving as a former, a bracket on the main frame serving as a bearing-fulcrum, and means by which the sliding frame is moved lengthwise within the main frame, all combined.

2. In a clamp for the purpose described, the main frame having a pendent bracket provided with movable retaining-points, the sliding frame within the main frame and having a presser-bar, a removable reinforce on this presser-bar, and a lever having rack-and-pinion connection by which the sliding frame is moved within the main frame, all combined substantially as described.

3. In a clamp as described, the combination of the open-centered main frame, the opencentered sliding frame within the same, the pendent bracket on the main frame and a corresponding baron the sliding frame, and a cap on the sliding frame substantially above the presser-bar of the sliding frame, by which cap the upward projecting of the cleat may be prevented or overcome.

4. In a clamp as described, the combination of the outer frame and its supporting-handle, the brace connecting the side bars of said frame and provided with legs, the sliding frame, and means for actuating the sliding frame within the main frame, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK EDWARD HEINIG.

Witnesses:

HENRY Y. OFFUTT, G. P. PARKER. 

